Carnival of the Commons: A roundup of new images
Posted by zyrcster in Carnival of The CommonsIf it’s Friday, it must be Carnival of the Commons day! Take a gander at recent uploads:
| Astronomy! Talk about a convergence of Flickr phenomena. The Powerhouse Musuem participates in the astrometry.net Flickr project. Astrometry will provide astrometric calibration meta-data, plus lists of known objects falling inside the field of view, for any astral photos uploaded to their Flickr group. The Powerhouse is a contributor (check out the photos in this set to see what the project tells us about them! Read what those Flickr code monkeys have to say, too. And, yea, the Royal Observatory Greenwich (part of the National Maritime Museum) is in that Flickr group, too. |
 Powerhouse Museum |
| Matt Held Studio This set of photos from the Brooklyn Museum showcases artist Matt Held, of I’ll have my Facebook portrait painted by Matt Held fame. In fact, I have a request in to Held to have my portrait done. Matt is coming to speak to 1stfans at the March meetup. |
 Brooklyn Museum |
| Pop Quiz! Can you spot a fake? Check out the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibit, Unearthing the Truth: Egypt’s Pagan and Coptic Sculpture, running February 13–May 10, 2009. But first, take a pop quiz: Can you spot the fake? |
 Brooklyn Museum |
| Phillips Glass Plate Negatives Collection The Powerhouse Museum added 10 photos to its glass plate collection. Read more about one of them, Three Men Playing Cards in an Alcove, at the museum’s blog. |
 Powerhouse Museum |
| Oude beroepen / Old fashioned professions A fantastic series of images that portray historic professions in Europe, including lamplighters, town criers, men delivering ice, and the, errrr, faeces-collector. Oh my. Courtesy of the Nationaal Archief. |
 Nationaal Archief |
| From many lands — multicultural Queensland Afghan camel drivers, Chinese fruit sellers, Japanese pearl divers, and children dressed in Greek traditional costumes — the State Library of Queensland, Australia covers the world. |
 State Library of Queensland, Australia |
| Cup Cake Art — A New Birth of Freedom The Smithsonian Institution had a clever installation earlier this week: Presidential Cup Cakes, by Zilly Rosen. We covered that here, but check out the SI’s blog post on it as well. |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| Edifícios industriais The Biblioteca de Arte–Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian added a few photos of the Abel Pereira da Fonseca, Ldª, in Lisboa, Portugal, to its Edifícios industriais set — wine! A virtual historic winery tour, if you will. BYOB. |
 Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
| News in the 1910s Every month, the Library of Congress uploads 50 photos to Flickr from the George Grantham Bain Collection of 1910s photographs. The latest upload features some fascinating characters, such as Dr. Lyman Abbott. Abbott was a social reform advocate. He was also a Christian Evolutionist. [ed note - corrected to say that 50 new photos each week, not month, are added to this collection] |
 Library of Congress |
And don’t forget our newest institutions to the Commons, with photos recently uploaded and waiting for your perusal.
| Gerald W. Williams Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps From the Oregon State University Archives, a set of photographs from the New Deal era’s Civilian Conservation Corps in the Pacific Northwest. Throughout its nine-year existence, the program put millions to work on federal and state land for the ‘prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, plant, pest, and disease control.’ Nationwide, enrollees planted three billion trees and came to be known as the Tree Army. |
 Oregon State University Archives |
| Seminole Missionary Harriet Bedell These images reflect the lives of Florida’s Seminole Indians and the missionary activities of Deaconess Harriet Bedell among them. From the State Archives of Florida. |
 State Archives of Florida |
Tags: Bain News Service, Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Brooklyn Museum, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, Nationaal Archief, National Maritime Museum, Oregon State University Archives, Powerhouse Museum, Smithsonian Institution, State Library and Archives of Florida, State Library of Queensland Australia
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Hi,
Correction to the News in the 1910s blurb– the Library of Congress loads 50 new Bain photos every week, not every month.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Hi Michelle — thanks for that correction, I will update the posting! That’s quite a considerable collection, then.